Gold Creek Falls is a waterfall on Gold Creek in Routt County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 21.4 miles north of Steamboat Springs and roughly 86.3 miles west of Fort Collins as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a fan, spreading out horizontally as it falls and staying in contact with the rock.
The Southern Rockies are high, rugged mountains with alpine peaks, spruce-fir and lodgepole forest, aspen groves and glacial valleys. Snowmelt drives strong spring flows over granite and volcanic cliffs.
Routt County holds 6 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Red Canyon Falls, a 25-foot tiered waterfall, is about 8 miles away. Big Creek Falls, a segmented waterfall, is about 9.6 miles away. Fish Creek Falls, a 130-foot tiered waterfall, is about 20.9 miles away.
Gold Creek Falls is located at 40.7810° N, 106.7116° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.